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a person who wants things to be done perfectly or who tries to do things perfectly
I'm a bit of a perfectionist, which makes it difficult for me to finish things sometimes.
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Recent Examples of perfectionists
Both Virgos and Taureans are known to be headstrong perfectionists, so don’t be too harsh on yourself during these fun few weeks.
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Snehaa Khanna Sahgal, Vogue, 26 Nov. 2025
This isn't about perfectionists but intentional development across all dimensions of leadership.
—Aurelien Mangano, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Snehaa Khanna Sahgal, Vogue, 26 Nov. 2025
This isn't about perfectionists but intentional development across all dimensions of leadership.
—Aurelien Mangano, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for perfectionists
dreamers
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But today there’s something refreshingly unusual about electronic music so unabashedly idealistic, something that declines to submit to reality and instead goes searching for some far-off nirvana, finding connections to other dreamers on the way.—
Alex Robert Ross,
Pitchfork,
13 Feb. 2026
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Their journeys to the Olympics are more than anything immigrant stories, the odysseys of two families of dreamers who settled in the South Bay, Chloe Kim’s family in Torrance, Bea Kim’s on the Palos Verdes Peninsula.—
Scott M. Reid,
Oc Register,
11 Feb. 2026
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“Perfectionists.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/perfectionists. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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